Combined hay rake and tedder



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GOMBINED HAY RAKE ANDTEDDER.

No. 396,002. Patented Jan. 8, 1889..

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(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2, S.. B. SHANK. COMBINED HAY RAKE AND TEDDER.

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S. B. SHANK. OOMBINED HAY RAKE AND TEDDBR.

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SAMUEL B. SHANK, OF MTLLERSVILLE, ASSIGNOR TO ISRAEL L. LANDIS, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED HAY RAKE AND TEDDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,002, dated January 8, 1889.

Application filed June 21, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. SHANK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Millersville, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Hay Rake and Tedder, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which- IO Figure 1 represents 'a plan view of my improved combined .hay rake and tedder complete; Fig. 2, a transverse sectional view on the line JO it, looking in the direction of the arrow, the machine being adjusted to operate as a rake with the rake-teeth down; Fig. 3, a detail longitudinal sectional view of the clutch mechanism upon the axle; Fig. 4, a detail perspective view of portions of the frame and rakeshaft, showing clearly the means employed for pressing the rake-teeth down to their work;

Fig. 5, a detail side view of hub of drivingwheel; Fig. 6, a detail sectional view of same; Fig. 7, a detail perspective view of a casting or bracket bolted to the rear side of the rear beam of the frame; Fig. 8, an enlarged bottom view of a portion of the machine, showing more clearly the means for operating the clutch devices, the means for shifting the frame of the machine, and the bracket shown in Fig. 7; Fig. 9, a similar view to that shown in Fig. 2, the parts being somewhatenlarged, the transporting-wheels being removed, and the rake-teeth being elevated; Fig. 10, a per-. spective view of the lever-retaining loop cl" 3 5 shown in plan in Fig. l, and Fig. 11 a similar View of the loop P.

This invention relates particularly to certain new and useful improvements upon that class of machines covered by Patent No.

37 4,7 95, granted to I. L. Landis, Albert Iske, and A. Iske upon the 13th day of December, 1887, wherein the tappets for operating the rake-sections in tedderin g are located upon the axle of the machine, and the frame of the machine, which carries the rake-shaft and its rake-sections, is supported upon the axle and has a limited lateral movement thereon, the said frame being shifted upon the axle whenever it is desired to change the machine from a rake to a tedder, and vice versa, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

Serial No. 277,791. (No model.)

The object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction generally of combined hay rakes and tedders; to provide simple and efficient means for holding the rake-teeth down to their work whenever desired; to provide convenient means for shift-- ing the frame upon the axle to change from a rake to a tedder, or vice versa, and to provide simple and convenient mechanism for automatically elevating the rake-teeth to release the gathered hay, the rotation of the axle being utilized for this purpose, as will presently appear.

The invention has also other minor objects in view, which will appear in the course of this specification.

Referring to the annexed drawings by letter, A designates the axle of the machine, and B B the driving or transporting wheels, jour- 7o naled loosely on the spindles a, the wheels being held upon the spindles by the tholepins a. Secured adjustably-to the axle by set-screws b and extending over the joints between the inner ends of the hubs and the shoulders formed by the spindles are sleeves b, the peripheries of which, at their outer ends, are serrated or notched, as clearly shown in Fig. 6.

Pivoted to the inner faces of the hub and adapted to engage the notches in the outer ends of the said sleeves are pawls 1), these pawls being held in engagement with the said serrations by coilsprings, which bear up against flattened portions of the pawls directly under their pivotpins,these coil-springs having their lowerends set in retaining-sockets b, formed on or attached to the inner faces of the hubs. It will be observed that by this construction of pawls they may readily be held out of engagement with the ratcheted sleeves by simply turning them up, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5. The sleeves Z2 will prevent dust and sand from working its way in between the hub and axle, serving as a 5 sand-band. These ratchet-and-pawl devices may be placed-on one or both wheels, as may be desired. As constructed, it will be observed they permit the machine to be backed withoutrevolving the axle.

At intervals along the axle two armed tappets, A, are secured, each arm of the tappets beingpreferably provided with an anti-frietion roller, which impinges against; the cams upon the rake-sections to be hereinafter mentioned.

The frame of the machine consists in this instance,essentially, of two parallel beams, C l, (to which are connected the shafts or thills (l,) and the metallic end beams, which are bolted to the said beams (,1 (1 and project rearwardl y therefrom a short distance back of the axle. This frame is mounted loosely upon the axle and is longitudinally movable thereon, the axle being loosely journaled in the end beams, The frame is place by these plates j and bolts f. The cen- 'tral cap-pieee, 7", is extended forwardly and turned up at f, and a bolt, f, is employed to clamp the said cappiece and the arm (2 I togethe r.

shifted on the axle by means of two levers, 1) 1 by means of bolts to the said ro(.:kshat't, and provided with rearwardly-inclined lips g, those lips being adapted to fit in offsets 1), connected together by a link, I), the former lever being pivoted to the beam (1 and provided with a foot-stirrup, c,at its foe ward end, and the latter, 1), bcingpivoted to an ear or projection, a, formed on the under side of the end beam, C, and having its rear end engaging a flanged collar, (1, secured on the axle. The foot-lever D is preferably slightly elastic or springy and has its forward end confined in a loop, (1, secured upon the beam C, this loop being notched at d for the reception and retention of the lever. The lever presses normally upward and catches in the notches d automatically as the lever is moved by the footof the driver from one end of the loop to the other, thus locking the machine in either of its adjusted positions.

\Vhen the driver desires to change the machine from a rake, as shown in Fig. 1, all he does is to place his foot in the stirrup c and push the lever 1) over to the left of the loop, when it automatically locks itself in one of the notches d. The frame of the machine by this movement, through the medium of the lever D and link i), moved upon the axle far enough in the opposite direction for the cams upon the rake-sections to come directly over and in line with the tappets A, the collars d and (1 serving to limit thelongitudinal movement of the frame. In changing the machine from a tedder to a rake the operation is reversed, as is evident.

Mounted in the end beams, L, of the frame, in front of the axle and running parallel with the same is the lz'lkG-Sllflft E and loosely.

mounted upon this rake-shaft are the oscillating rake-sections. These rake-sections are independent of each other, so as to readily accommodate themselves to the contour of the ground, and they each consist of a rake-head, G, provided with the usual rearwardly-extending curved rake-teeth, and a rearwardly-prof this lever being pivoted upon the ralm-shat't jecting and upwardly-curved cam, F, against which latter the tappets A strike while teddering. As shown clearly in Fig. 4:, these rake-heads each consist of a long scmttubular portion, 6, which loosely embraces the under half of the rake-shaft and is provided with three rearwardly-projecting arms or lugs, c, and a single central forwardl yproj ccti n g arm, 6, this arm being inclined downwardly and forwardly.

This semi-tubular portion 6 .l'ournaled in forwardly-prtijeetingarmsll, secured rigidly to the ends of the rake-shaft, is a roek-slmft, ll, which is provided at inter vals with :u'ljnstable elips g, rigidly clamped or notches cut in the ends of the arms a, as shown in Fig. 1-. These adjustable clips g upon the rock-shaft H are constructed, preferably, of two part s, and are removably clamped to the shaft at the proper points along its length by means of bolts. 13y thus removably clampin these clips upon the shaft they may not only be readily adjusted along the shaft to tit the lips g into the notched ends of the arms c, but they may also be adjusted rot-ati vely to bear with proper force upon the ends of the said arms. hen the rake-teeth wear off at the ends or become bent, these clips may be adjusted inde nz ndeiitly of each other to compensate [for such wear. Should any one of the clips become broken or lost, it may be readily replaced by a new one in the field without distmkbing the rock-shaft 1-1. This shaft H is rocked in its bearings by means of the knee-lever l, pivoted in ears h, bolted to the bottom of the beam C, the vertical arm of this lever extending up between the beams U and C, so that the driver may operate it convmiiently by simply pressing down upon it with his foot. The rear end. of this lever I is preferably beveled and (while the rake teeth are down) rests normally against a forwardly-inelined plate, /1, secured upon the roclcshaft ll. When pressure is exerted upon the knee-hwerl, the rock-shaft will, be rocked through the medium of the inclined plate 7t in the direction indicated by the arrowin Fig. 2, the lips g of the clips g being forced up against the notched end of the tlO\\'ll\\'Lif(ll Y projecting arm 6, and by that means forcing all the rake-teeth down closely and steadily to their work.

The letter K: designates a lever for elevating the rakete .th to release the raked hay,

and attached at its lower end to the shaft ll. By moving this lever in a forward direction, the shaft ll, being attached to the lower end of the lever, will move rearwardly and downwardly, and the clips g upon the samewillimpinge against the dmvnward extensions of the arms 6. of the rake-heads and carry them with it, thus ele 'at-ing the rake-teeth. The cxteiiisions f of the central cap-plates, f, of

the rake-heads, by striking against the shaft II, will prevent the rake-sections from turning over, while at the same time they will not prevent the free oscillation of the rake-sections during the tcddering operation. To hold the rake-teeth in an elevated position, a hook, K, is pivoted to the beam 0, this hook being hooked over the lever K when it is brought down by the driver.

A semicircular notch or recess, 11, is formed in the under sides of the end beams, (l C, for the reception of the shaft ll while the same is in its normal position. Secured removably and adj ustably in notches formed in the under sides of the end beams at their rear ends is the clearer-shaft I, provided with the usual clearing-tines, J. This shaft .I is held up in its notches by means of a bolt, passing up vertically through the beams O and provided with a thumb-nut, This bolt J is provided with a beveled head, j, the beveled or inclined surface of which bears against the shaft J and serves to hold it to its place, as most clearly shown in Fig. 0.

Besides the lever K,I provide another means of dumping or releasing the raked hay from the rake-teeth. In this method of dumping the hay I utilize the rotation of the axle to raise the rake-teeth, all the driver havin to do to dump the hay being to move with his foot a lever within convenient reach of him. I will now describe these devices for dumping the raked hay.

Bolted to the rear side of the beam 0 and projecting rearwardly therefrom is a cast bracket, L, consisting, preferably, of two arms, L L, the former being somewhat the longer and connected to the latter by an integral brace, L, as shown most clearly in Fig. 7. The arm I. of the bracket has journaled in it the rake-shaft E, the same being clamped thereto by means of a cap-plate, 7t, bolted to the arm. .lournaled in the outer end of the arm L and held therein by means of a capplate, 1.1, bolted to the said arm, is a clutchsleeve, M, the said arm and cap-plate fitting in an annular groove in the sleeve. The axle A passes loosely through this clutch-sleeve M, and the sleeve is provided with an upwardly-extending arm, M, pivotally connected to lever K bymeans of a link, M. Mounted loosely upon the axle in close proximity to the clutch-sleeve M is a similar sleeve, M, which turns with the axle, but has a longitudinal movement thereon, this being accomplished bymeans of the pins ll, secured in the axle and working in slots Z l in the sleeve. The adjacent ends of the sleeves M M. are serrated, like the ordinary clutch, so that when the continuously-rotating movable sleeve M is moved toward the stationary sleeve it will engage with the same and carry it around as the axle revolves.

To throw the movable clutch M into engagement with the stationary clutch, I provide an angle-lever, O, pivoted upon the upper beam C.

side of the bracket L and consisting of two arms, 0 O, the former engaging a pin or stud, m, formed on the under side of the lower one of two plates, 777 77) clamped loosely in an annular groove in the periphery of the said movable clutch M. Secured rigidly to the arm 0 of the pivoted angle-lever O is a lever, P, which. extends forward to within convenient reach of the driver and has its forward end confined in a loop, P, bolted to the This lever is slightly elastic, and its normal tendency is to spring upward, and it is provided with a lioot-piece, P, by which it is moved from one end oi the confining-loop to the other. The loop is provided with a notch at p, (shown in Fig. ]l,) with which the lever engages to hold the movable clutch. M out of engagement with the clutch M.

The operation of this dumping mechanism is as follows: \Vhen the driver desires to release the raked hay, he moves the lever P to the right of the retaining-loop P with his foot. This movement, through the medium of the angle-lever O, throws the movable clutch M into engagement with the stationary clutch M. As the axle is revolved by the forward motion of the machine, the clutch M is carried around a certain distance with it, when it is released automatically by the-lower portion of the lever K coming in contact with the free arm O of the pivoted anglelever O,

which disengages the movable clutch M. The

lever K is carried forward and the rake-teeth elevated by means of the upwardly-extending arm M on the stationary clutch and the connecting-link M, the lever and rake sections being allowed to drop back into their normal positions when the movable clutch is disengaged in the manner above described.

Having thus t'ully described'my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with theaxle provided with a spindle, of a wheel. jonrnaled upon the said spindle, a sleeve, l), secured upon the axle and extending over the joint between the inner end of the hubolj' thewheel and the shoulder of the axle, this sleeve being serrated or notched on its periphery at or near its outer end,and a spring-actuaied pawlpivoted upon the inner face of the hub and normally engaging the said rateheted sleeve, substantially as herein set forth.

8. The eombimition, with an axle provided with transporting wheels, tappets secured upon the axle, and stop-collars (Z d, secured upon the axle, the former collar being flanged, of a movable frame mounted upon the axle and limited in its movements by the said stopcollars, a rake-shaft mounted .in the frame and movable with it, imlependent oscillating rake-sectious pivoted upon the rake-shaft and provided wit h cams, the level-D, pivoted upon the frame and engaging the stationary stopcollard, connecting-link 1), a spring-lever, D, pivoted upon the frame of the machine and provided with a foot-piece, and a notched reranged as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination ol the axle provided with transporting-wheels,a l'rame mounted upon the axle, a rake-shali't mounted upon the frame, rake-tooth sections pivoted upon this slial't, these rake-sections being provided 1 and provided with rearwardly and downwith forwardly and downwardly extemling arms a". a rook-shaft, ll, arallel to the rakeshalt and journaled in arms upon the ends of the rake-shaft, adjustable clips g, secured upon the said roeleshalt, these clips beingprovided with rearwardly and downwardly in- 1 eiinod lips g to engage the arms (7", and means; substantially as described, for rocking the shaft I], as herein described.

-l. The combination, with an axle mounted on whijaals, a frame upon theaxle, a rako-shali't journaled in the trz'inn rakeseetions pivoted on the ralua-shat't, and a dnmpingdevm', K, mounted on the rakeshat't, a portion of this lever extending below the rz'ike-shaft, of a stationary bracket secured to the frame, a stationary el uteh-sleeve, 'll on the axle, a sliding clutch-sleeve on the axle adapted to engage the SifliTlOllillX clutch-sleeve, an angle-lever, O, pivoted upon the said stationary bracket and connected to the sliding eluteh-sleeve an op- I eratmg-levmg l, attaehed to this angle-lever 1 presence of two witnesses.

U, a rigid arm, M, on the said stationary sleeve, and a link, M', pivoially (i'onnecting this rigid arm with the said dumping-handle K, all arranged to operate sul'istantially as herein set forth.

The combination of an axle provided with transporting-W11 eels, a frame, a rake-shaft mounted in the frame, independent rake-sections pivoted on this rake-shaft, each of these rakeseetions being provided with forwardly and downwardly projecting arms a rockshalt parallel with and in front of the shaft and jou rnaled in arms 11, secured on the same, adjustable clips g, secured on the rock-shaft wardly projecting lips g, these lips being adapted to bear u nvardly upon the said arms 6" on the ral e-seetions, a forwardly and downwardly inclined lip, h, secured rigidly on the rock-shaft, an d a knee-lever, I, pivoted on the frame, the rear end of this lever being adapted to bear upon the said inclined lip h on the rock-shaft, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination oi" an axle provided with wheels, a frame, a rake-shaft, rake-sections mounted on this shaft and provided with forwardly and downwardly projecting arms 6" and upwardly-projeating arms f", a rockshaft, ll, jonrnaled in rigid arms on the rakesha'lt and arranged parallel therewith, clips secured on the roek'shalt and provided with rearwardly-extending lips g, adapted to bear upon the said arms a", and means for rocking the roeleshat't, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I alfiX my signature in SAMUEL l3. SHANK.

\Vitnesses:

DANIEL LINTNER, JoHN M. WARM. 

